Francis McCormack
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Francis McCormack (8 April 1833 – 14 November 1909) was an Irish Catholic bishop of the 19th and 20th century.[1]
Early life and family
Francis Joseph McCormack was born in
Maynooth College.[2] His nephew, Captain Patrick McCormack, was one of the Cairo Gang assassinated on Bloody Sunday (1920).[3] Dr McCormack was also a cousin of the founder of the Land League, Michael Davitt
.
Priest
McCormack was ordained a priest in 1862.
Bishop
McCormack was consecrated a bishop by
Land League, contrasting the vast sums spent on the Anglo-Zulu War and Second Anglo-Afghan War with the minimal amount the government spent on famine relief.[4][5] He also condemned "assisted emigration," whereby landlords paid the fare to get rid of unwanted tenants.[6]
In 1887 McCormack was
Diocese of Galway and Kilmacduagh where he served until he retired due to ill health in 1908. He died in 1909.[7][8]
He is buried in Galway Cathedral crypt, his papers are stored in the Diocesan archive.
References
- Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 17 February 2021. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ISBN 1856073955
- ISBN 9780717154630– via Google Books.
- ISBN 9780299310707– via Google Books.
- ^ "An Irishman's Diary". The Irish Times.
- ISBN 9781851828241– via Google Books.
- ^ "Bishop Francis McCormack [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ "History of the Diocese - Diocese of Galway".
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